Definition of kickshaw in English:

kickshaw

noun ˈkɪkʃɔːˈkɪkˌʃɔ

archaic

1A fancy but insubstantial cooked dish, especially one of foreign origin.
Example sentencesExamples
- Puddings, ‘kickshaws’, or ‘made dishes’, and salads of cooked, pickled, or raw vegetables, herbs, and flowers.
- Tonolo's put it in little choux buns, puff-pastry kickshaws, tiny tartlets, and God knows what else.
- Different tasty kickshaws baked in a puff pastry.
- Yet I had ordered duck pie, alamode beef and soused hog's face as well, apart from the kickshaws.
1. 1.1North American An elegant but insubstantial trinket.
  Example sentencesExamples
  But Musgrave, in his sturdy, common-sense way, only laughed at her seriousness over such kickshaws.
  He pursues the miching-malicho lyric and the possibilities it offers, but always with an acute sense of how to true the comic impulse that vitalizes his sublime as well as kickshaw modes.

Origin

Late 16th century: from French quelque chose 'something'. The French spelling was common in the 17th century; the present form results from interpretation of quelque chose as plural.

Rhymes

rickshaw

Definition of kickshaw in US English:

kickshaw

nounˈkikˌSHôˈkɪkˌʃɔ

archaic

1A fancy but insubstantial cooked dish, especially one of foreign origin.
Example sentencesExamples
- Puddings, ‘kickshaws’, or ‘made dishes’, and salads of cooked, pickled, or raw vegetables, herbs, and flowers.
- Different tasty kickshaws baked in a puff pastry.
- Yet I had ordered duck pie, alamode beef and soused hog's face as well, apart from the kickshaws.
- Tonolo's put it in little choux buns, puff-pastry kickshaws, tiny tartlets, and God knows what else.
1. 1.1North American An elegant but insubstantial trinket.
  Example sentencesExamples
  But Musgrave, in his sturdy, common-sense way, only laughed at her seriousness over such kickshaws.
  He pursues the miching-malicho lyric and the possibilities it offers, but always with an acute sense of how to true the comic impulse that vitalizes his sublime as well as kickshaw modes.

Origin

Late 16th century: from French quelque chose ‘something’. The French spelling was common in the 17th century; the present form results from interpretation of quelque chose as plural.

单词	kickshaw
释义	Definition of kickshaw in English: kickshaw noun ˈkɪkʃɔːˈkɪkˌʃɔ archaic 1A fancy but insubstantial cooked dish, especially one of foreign origin. Example sentencesExamples Puddings, ‘kickshaws’, or ‘made dishes’, and salads of cooked, pickled, or raw vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Tonolo's put it in little choux buns, puff-pastry kickshaws, tiny tartlets, and God knows what else. Different tasty kickshaws baked in a puff pastry. Yet I had ordered duck pie, alamode beef and soused hog's face as well, apart from the kickshaws. 1.1North American An elegant but insubstantial trinket. Example sentencesExamples But Musgrave, in his sturdy, common-sense way, only laughed at her seriousness over such kickshaws. He pursues the miching-malicho lyric and the possibilities it offers, but always with an acute sense of how to true the comic impulse that vitalizes his sublime as well as kickshaw modes. Origin Late 16th century: from French quelque chose 'something'. The French spelling was common in the 17th century; the present form results from interpretation of quelque chose as plural. Rhymes rickshaw Definition of kickshaw in US English: kickshaw nounˈkikˌSHôˈkɪkˌʃɔ archaic 1A fancy but insubstantial cooked dish, especially one of foreign origin. Example sentencesExamples Puddings, ‘kickshaws’, or ‘made dishes’, and salads of cooked, pickled, or raw vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Different tasty kickshaws baked in a puff pastry. Yet I had ordered duck pie, alamode beef and soused hog's face as well, apart from the kickshaws. Tonolo's put it in little choux buns, puff-pastry kickshaws, tiny tartlets, and God knows what else. 1.1North American An elegant but insubstantial trinket. Example sentencesExamples But Musgrave, in his sturdy, common-sense way, only laughed at her seriousness over such kickshaws. He pursues the miching-malicho lyric and the possibilities it offers, but always with an acute sense of how to true the comic impulse that vitalizes his sublime as well as kickshaw modes. Origin Late 16th century: from French quelque chose ‘something’. The French spelling was common in the 17th century; the present form results from interpretation of quelque chose as plural.
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